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Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Oct. 9 in Des Moines. The GOP agenda now includes the false notion that the 2020 election was somehow stolen.

Decades before Trump's election lies, McCarthy's anti-communist fever gripped the GOP

The former president threatens that GOP leaders must match their priorities to his or face a mass defection by the party's most reliable voters. It's without precedent, but there is a parallel.

Retired postal worker Glenda Morris protests postal cutbacks on Aug. 25, 2020, in New York. African Americans make up 27 percent of the Postal Service, about twice their share of the overall workforce.

Black Americans Worry Postal Changes Could Disrupt History Of Secure Jobs

Starting with a special law after the Civil War, the U.S. Postal Service has provided a path to the middle class for generations of African Americans. Some worry a privatization push threatens that.

President Biden pauses while speaking before signing the National Pulse Memorial bill into law.

Biden Signs A Law To Memorialize Victims Of The Pulse Nightclub Mass Shooting

The shooting at the gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in June 2016 killed 49 people and wounded 53 more. Biden's signature enshrines a monument to those killed.

U.S. Life Expectancy Fell By 1.5 Years In 2020, The Biggest Drop Since WWII

The CDC says COVID-19 was the largest factor, along with drug overdoses, homicides, diabetes and chronic liver disease. The decline was even greater for Hispanic men.

Nurses feed newborn babies rescued and brought to Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 15, 2020, after their mothers were killed in an attack on a maternity hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders. The health-care nonprofit runs clinics and hospitals in various parts of the country.

Afghanistan's Health Care Is In 'Limbo' Following Taliban Takeover, Says MSF Rep

Filipe Ribeiro of Doctors Without Borders Afghanistan talks to NPR about the future of the country's health care system under Taliban rule.

A group of people participate in a yoga session on the beach in Miami Beach, Fla., on March 23, 2021.

Noncompete Agreements Are Everywhere, Even Neighborhood Yoga Studios

Yoga studios want to protect their interests. Yoga teachers say they are unfair and should be done away with.

Palestinians inspect a vehicle destroyed by an Israeli air strike after the bodies of its passengers and driver were retrieved, in Gaza City Wednesday.

'It's Against All Of Us': Israel-Hamas Violence, As Seen From The Ground

A father and his teenage daughter who were Palestinian citizens of Israel were killed early Wednesday in a rocket attack launched by militants in Gaza.

U.S. beach volleyball pair April Ross (left) and Alix Klineman celebrate winning a women's beach volleyball gold medal in a match against Australia at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

A Fairy Tale Ending For U.S. Women's Beach Volleyball As They Take Olympic Gold

Historically, U.S. women have been incredibly dominant in beach volleyball at the Olympics. April Ross and Alix Klineman handily beat a duo from Australia to win gold in Tokyo.

A wind farm in Wyoming generates electricity for a region that used to be more dependent on coal-fired power plants. A new study finds that millions of lives could be saved this century by rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Cutting Carbon Pollution Quickly Would Save Millions of Lives, Study Finds

Cutting carbon emissions to zero in the next 30 years would save about 74 million lives this century, a new analysis estimates.

A child reaches out to touch a flower adorning the Sept. 11 memorial on the name of a veteran killed in the 2001 terror attacks. For today's generation of kids, 9/11 is a history lesson.

How To Talk About 9/11 With A New Generation Of Kids

Students today have no memory of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, so this year's anniversary poses unique challenges for educators and caregivers trying to explain what happened and why.

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